Chapter Fifty-Seven: Zuo's Branchesless Magpie Sacrifices Prisoners to the Royal Capital
Cao Fei's letter was delivered two days ago.
Linghu Feng has not been usurped for a long time, and the courtiers in the court and the people of the county have not yet been fully served, and his fall from a coma is a matter of great importance, because for the sake of maintaining stability, there are not many courtiers who know about this matter at present, and Cao Fei did not make any urgent prompts on the letterbox.
Xin Er and Cao Fei exchanged letters and gifts quite frequently, and Xiang Kui escorted the Zhang family father and son to the royal capital earlier, and according to Xin Er's explanation, he made a special trip to visit Cao Fei. Xin Er and Cao Fei have a close relationship. Huang Rong only regarded this letter as an ordinary private letter as usual, so after receiving this letter, considering that Xin Er was in a "fierce battle" in Rouran and military affairs were important, he did not want to disturb him with this "trivial matter", so he did not transfer this letter at that time, and it was not until now that Xin Er returned to the city, he delayed submitting it.
Noticing the change in Xin Er's expression, Huang Rong asked, "Ming Gong, what's wrong?" ”
Xin Er didn't answer him and opened another letter.
This letter is beautifully written, using a special letterhead, pink and purple fine paper, exuding fragrance, pleasant, but the text is slightly sloppy, you can guess that the writer must be in a panic when writing the letter.
The general content of the letter is: Wang went hunting, occasionally saw a big white deer, thought it was a good omen, chased with joy, accidentally fell off the horse, broke his left leg, touched the ground on his head, and fainted. The medicine stone is useless, it has been four days. The princes of the court and the central government asked to see me, but I had no friendship with the foreign ministers, and I did not know how to deal with it, so I did not see him. Ah Gua, Daozhu is young, I have no relatives outside, and when this happens, I am like a magpie without branches, hesitating and uneasy.
There was no payment at the end of the letter. There is no need to make a payment, this letter can only be written by Zuo.
Daosuke is the word that makes the fox happy. Linghu Le, as the son of the world, is young, but he already has words.
Xin Er read it three times.
tasted the meaning that was not explicitly stated in Zuo's letter.
The Zuo family is worried that if something happens to Linghu Feng, the fate of their mother and son may not be good.
Although the Zuo clan rarely interacted with foreign ministers, after all, he grew up in a scholar clan, later married into the royal family, and is now a queen, and he still has basic political judgment. "Daozhu is young and has no relatives" is just one of the reasons why she is "tossing and turning", and I think that what she is most worried about should actually be the "Song family" that she did not mention in the letter, that is, the new queen of Linghu Feng.
Linghu was appointed as the queen of the Song family, and the original intention was to win over the Song family, make them relatives, and jointly deal with Zhang, Yan and other valve clans.
The starting point is good, but only if he lives.
Once something happens to him, one country and two queens, and the Zuo family has no foreign aid, but the Song family has the entire Song family to help, then what is left to the Zuo mother and son can only be seen in the danger of the near future.
But to say, the Song family has only just married, and they have not yet had children, even if the Song family helps, it should not affect the status of the Zuo family's mother and son, right?
This is not the case.
It doesn't matter if you don't have a son, there are many clans of the Linghu family, among which there are many who are good friends with the Song family, and even marriage, you can choose a family close to them, and choose a young child to succeed, anyway, they are all the bloodlines of the Linghu family, as long as the legal system makes sense, the Song family will share some benefits to other scholars, form a few allies, and change the son and the king of Dingxi.
And if the Song family really did this, in order to ensure the stability of power and eliminate hidden dangers, the Zuo family was okay, and Ling Hule would be killed nine times out of ten. Thinking that Ling Hu Lecai is a child of a few years old, casually fabricating an excuse of "drowning" and "death", even if some people don't believe it, even if Zuo's knows the inside story, what can they do?
Xin Er carefully folded Cao Fei and Zuo's letters and put them in his arms.
Huang Rong had been observing Xin Er's expression, and asked again, "Ming Gong, but is there something wrong?" ”
Xin Er had already put away his emotions, tried his best to calm his mind, and replied with a smile: "It's nothing." Lao Cao had a serious illness a few days ago, and he has already invited a doctor, and now there is no major problem. ”
Huang Ronghu was suspicious and didn't believe Xin Er's words, but Xin Er had already said so, and as a subordinate, he didn't want to ask again, so he just left.
Xin Er arrived at the Xihai County Mansion and arranged the military in a hurry.
First settle all the troops and horses that went out to fight; Then, the captured captives, sheep and horses were each designated as temporary guards and places of placement; Finally, Changshi Yangfu was asked to supervise and report the merits of the soldiers and officers in this battle as soon as possible.
After all the affairs were arranged, in the evening, he participated in the celebration banquet of Du Ya and Fu Qiaozhi.
When the banquet reached the third watch, everyone dispersed.
Xin Er didn't drink too much, went back to his residence, called Wei Shu, the governor of the door, and ordered: "Quickly invite Yang Fu, Zhang Gui, and Fu Jun to come to see me." ”
Wei Shu, Wei Xian and his son threw themselves into the Xin Er tent, suffered very well, often attendants, his father and son read little, simple in nature, have a ranger style, and have been treated preferentially by Xin Er, so they always think about returning, although they can not be called trustworthy, but they can also be trusted.
After getting the order, Wei Shu was strange that there was something that could not be said at the banquet just now, why just after the banquet was dispersed, Xin Er summoned Yang Fu and others to meet again, but did not ask the reason, and responded with a "promise", and immediately went to the residence of Yang Fu and others, and invited them over one by one.
Yang Fu and Zhang Gui didn't drink too much at the banquet.
Fu Qiao drank a lot, and he was drunk, and he was pulled out of the bed by Wei Shu, without a crown, and his clothes were disheveled.
Xin Er smiled and said to him: "Old man, I have offended you!" ”
Fu Qiao didn't know what he meant, so he sat on the couch stupidly and laughed drunkly, and said, "Young man, where did you offend me?" Obviously, he gave me a favor. This time, I sat in the West Sea, and the merit came from the sky. Thank you, thank you for sharing the battle with me. ”
is also nostalgic for the old love, and also thanks to Fu Qiao for helping him become famous, although Fu Qiao did not participate in the war this time, Xin Er still counted his credit.
Xin Er instructed Wei Shu: "Bring a basin of cold water." ”
When the cold water came, he pressed Fu Qiao's head and immersed himself in the water.
The early autumn in the north was already cold, and the head was in cold water, not to mention freezing and biting, it was cold enough, and Fu Qiao was sober at once.
He struggled to raise his head, the water choked into his nose, tears came out of his eyes, and he cried out in embarrassment: "Young man, what are you doing! ”
Xin Er motioned for Wei Shu to go out and ordered: "Guard the door, no one is allowed to approach." He said to Fu Qiao and the others, "Old Fu, Strange Truth, and Elder, I have something important to discuss with you." ”
Fu Qiao raised his sleeves to wipe away his nose and tears, coughed and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Look at the letter first."
Fu Qiao was the first to watch. What Xin Er gave them was Cao Fei's letter. After reading it, Fu Qiao's hands trembled in shock. Yang Fu and Zhang Gui browse in turn.
Fu Qiao said: "This, this, young book, when did you receive this letter?" How's the king doing now? ”
Xin Er said calmly: "The letter, I received it after returning to Xihai today. I don't know what happens to the king. ”
Fu Qiaoguan looked at Xin Er's face and said, "Young man, such a big thing, you actually arranged a military and evening banquet today, you can really calm down!" He muttered to himself, "The king is unconscious, how is this good?" "Get up and stay, and rub your hands around the room in a hurry.
Xin Er can indeed calm down.
In terms of psychology, the degree of uneasiness he felt after receiving the two letters was really even worse than Fu Qiao's at this time.
For Linghu Feng, although Xin Er used to be vicious, jealous, and a little respectful, but when he smelled him falling into a coma, reading Zuo's letter, and reading the words "like a magpie without branches", Xin Er suddenly felt the same way.
Xin Er has almost no foundation in Dingxi now, the clan is wiped out, although there are still some friends left in the past, but they are either at home in vain, or they are only middle and low-level officials, and there is no powerful person in the court, in the final analysis, his backer is only Ling Hufeng.
Before, in order to complete Linghu Feng's order, he offended the Zhang family fiercely, if Linghu Feng was fine, everything would be fine, but if Linghu Feng fell off the horse and died? The Zhang family's revenge, Xin Er expected that he could not fight.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Zhang family is kind and does not retaliate against him, but without the backer of Linghu Feng, who else will care about him? General Yingyang, the military governor of the three counties, Jiankang Taishou, Shiziyou, etc., will definitely be deprived of all these official positions.
As for power, Xin Er is not greedy, and when the peace is changed, there is no power, it doesn't matter.
The problem is that in these troubled times, power is not only "power", but also a guarantee of a stable life.
I have the power in my hands, maybe my life can be decided by me a little; If you don't have the right in your hands, don't you hear that "I'd rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person"?
Xin Er's heart was uneasy, his expression was as usual, seeing Fu Qiao's flustered appearance, he knew that he would not have any countermeasures, so he asked Yang Fu and Zhang Gui, and said slowly: "Strange truth, Changling, what do you two think?" ”
Yang Fu and Zhang Gui, as Xin Er's henchmen, are well aware of his situation of relying on Linghu Feng.
Yang Fu was eliminated by Xin Er, and he is the head of the general's mansion today, and Xin Er's future, to a large extent, is related to his future career. Zhang Gui betrayed the Zhang family, just as Ling Hu Feng is Xin Er's only backer today, he relies more on Xin Er than Yang Fu, and Xin Er is also his only backer today.
The two of them and Xin Er are now equivalent to the same body, and Xin Er's uneasiness is also the uneasiness of the two of them.
Yang Fu was not in a hurry, although he knew the importance of Ling Hu Feng to Xin Er, for a while, but there was nothing he could do, he asked: "Ming Gong knows: Who in the court knows about the king's coma?" ”
Cao Fei did not mention this matter in the letter, Zuo mentioned "the princes of the court", and this "princes" are none other than top ministers such as Song Hong, Song Fang, Fan Kuan, and Zhang Hun. Xin Er replied: "General Cao didn't mention this, thinking that it is nothing more than internal history, governing the middle, and don't drive the princes." ”
Zhang Gu had been thinking seriously since he read the letter, and then he came to a conclusion, he said: "General Cao's letter was signed, and this letter was written five days ago. A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day. Such a major event can be concealed by the princes of the DPRK and China for five or ten days, but it will be difficult for a long time! It would be nice if the king could wake up in time; If something happens that cannot bear to speak, and the son of the world is young, I am afraid that there will be turmoil in the DPRK and China in the near future. ”
Xin Er nodded.
"General, the turtle has a suggestion."
"You say."
"When this is an extraordinary time, it is time to take extraordinary measures. General, you can 'break Rouran', use the excuse of offering prisoners to the court, and rush to the royal capital tomorrow! ”
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